Aug 04 2011
Minority Rules: Scientists Find the Tipping Point
If just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will be adopted by the majority, a new study says.
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Aug 03 2011
Device Lets You See With Your Ears
The technology could be used to augment infrared and sonar to see at night or even underwater.
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Jul 26 2011
People from Polar Regions Have Bigger Brains
They're not more intelligent, but the bigger brain (and eyeball) size permits better vision in areas with less sunlight.
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Jun 20 2011
How the Brain Recognizes Its Body
How do we know which hands are own own? Scientists zero-in on the explanation.
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May 19 2011
Eyes Take Gossip to the Heart
Hearing something bad about someone unfamiliar could make that person more recognizable.
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May 19 2011
Ancient Mammals Sniffed Their Way Smarter
By following their noses at night, these great-uncles of modern mammals paved the way for their descendants to evolve larger brains.
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May 16 2011
Youthful Ingenuity Honored at Intel Science Fair
Young scientists receive awards in international competition.
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Apr 19 2011
Crabs Use Stats to Dodge Predators
Fiddler crabs make up for their poor vision by using statistics to determine threats.
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Apr 15 2011
Future Olympics: A Reusable, Floating Venue
An archipelago of sporting facilities, administration buildings and housing accommodations could be towed along waterways to major cities.
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Apr 05 2011
‘Bionic Eye’ Implant Offers Hope to the Blind
A tiny video camera on a pair of glasses captures images and converts them into electrical signals that are fed to an electrode array that is surgically implanted in the patient's eye.
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